Fevre Dream
- 380
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Fevre Dream” puts a vampire story aboard the steamboats of the 1850s Mississippi, and the result has a character all its own. George R. R. Martin’s fresh angle on the vampire and his feel for the river trade set it apart. Some readers find it slow and its ending rushed, and others note that it is not especially frightening. A good fit for those drawn to historical fiction with a dark, supernatural side.
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About the book
Fevre Dream is a 1982 vampire novel written by American author George R. R. Martin. It is set on the antebellum Mississippi River, beginning in 1857, and has been described by critics and Martin himself as "Bram Stoker meets Mark Twain". About writing the novel, Martin said that "It was strongly influenced by the time I spent in Dubuque, Iowa, where river steamboats were once built".
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.6 across 157 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 52% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Fantasy average of 8.0. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.6 | 7 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 150 | 96% |
Frequently asked
How long is Fevre Dream?
It has 380 pages — shorter than 83% of the ranked books in Fantasy.
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